(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James Earl Benefield, 53, of Wedowee will be Monday, June 30, 2014, at 9 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Roger Hammett officiating. Burial will follow at Levens Baptist Church Cemetery.Mr. Benefield passed away Friday, June 27, in Huntsville.A Wedowee native, Mr. Benefield was born Dec. 9, 1960, the…
(FIVE POINTS) Ronald Waldrop, 67, of Five Points died Thursday, June 26, 2014. The funeral will be Sunday, June 29, at 2 p.m. at Five Points Baptist Church with minister Gerald Romine and Thad Cain officiating with burial in Five Points Cemetery. Mr. Waldrop was born in Roanoke on Feb. 11, 1947, to John Hoyt…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ann Windsor, 92, of Roanoke will be Friday, June 27, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley. Miss Windsor died Wednesday, June 25, at LaFayette Nursing Home. A Randolph County native, Miss Windsor was…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Funeral services for Nancy Gross Cummings, 88, of Bowdon, Ga., will be Friday, June 27, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, Wedowee, with Bro. Wayne Brown and Bro. Anthony Puckett officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Branch Baptist Cemetery in Woodland. Mrs. Cummings died Tuesday, June 24, at her home. A…
(GRAHAM) Funeral services for Nadine Stillwell Ward, 86, of Graham will be Friday, June 27, 2014, at 10 a.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Revs. Tony Morris and Tim Holt officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Ward died Tuesday, June 24, at Memory Lane Assisted Living in Bowdon, Ga. A Randolph…
(ROBERTSDALE) Donny Mitchum, 62, of Robertsdale died Monday, June 23, 2014. The funeral will be Wednesday, June 25, at 10 a.m. at Robertsdale First Baptist Church with the Rev. Jeff Copeland officiating. Burial will be in the Alabama State Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort. Mr. Mitchum was a Vietnam veteran, serving in the U.S.…
(0ZARK) Funeral services for Kimberly Irene Mills, 44, of Ozark will be Thursday, June 26, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Fred Flowers officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Ms. Mills died Saturday, June, 21, at her residence. A Florida native, Ms. Mills was born Sept. 10, 1969,…
A memorial service for Sue Webb Bradley will be Saturday, June 28, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Lowell United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends following the service. There will be no graveside service.
The Roanoke Board of Education swore in a new board member, elected new officers, and heard about a ground-breaking new engineering/agri-science initiative. Superintendent Chuck Marcum swore in Rosalyn Houston to replace the longest serving board member, Calvin Trammell. Board president Penny Bradshaw welcomed her and thanked her for joining them. Marcum said board members Tim…
Members of the Foundation for Randolph County Schools (FRCS) are excited to announce some disbursements made to benefit students in the Randolph County School System. On Friday, June 13, the foundation presented Randolph-Roanoke Career Technology Center (RRCTC) director Don Lewis a check for $3,500 to fund Randolph County Schools’ first robotics team. The program will…
WEDOWEE–Despite the heat, a large crowd gathered for the 11th annual Candlelight Memorial Service Thursday behind the courthouse, including victims’ families and friends, members of the district attorney’s office, court system, and law enforcement. Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Major Gregg Dendinger acted as emcee, and Circuit Clerk Chris May gave the invocation. Thomas Weaver sang…
Maggie was nine years old but had spent four of those years away from the family she loved. On Monday, June 9, Billy Howard of Alabama Angels Dog Rescue in Wedowee rescued a female pit bull on a dirt road where she had been dumped. She was starving and covered with ticks. While pulling ticks…
Roanoke Police Department is the sponsor of the Law Enforcement Explorer Program. Its purpose is to give young adults in grades 7 through 12 a realistic view of careers in law enforcement by interacting with and learning from the entire staff of Roanoke Police Department. The upcoming programs’ dates are July 14-Aug. 1. Explorers will…
When the general election arrives November, there will be three candidates from which to choose for state Senate District 13 and state House District 37. Bill Fuller of LaFayette was certified by the Secretary of State’s office last week to appear on the ballot as an Independent in the Senate race, where he will oppose…
HEARD COUNTY, Ga.–Authorities with the Heard County and Troup County sheriff’s offices are seeking the public’s help in locating a teen with a mental disorder reported missing by her parents on Monday. Fifteen-year-old Ledia Mary King is missing from the Rock Mills Road area, bordering the Troup County, Heard County and Alabama state lines. King…
Roanoke police and fire departments responded to Pizza Hut on Monday night just after 8 p.m. after the restaurant received a bomb threat. A search was conducted and no bomb was found. Roanoke police have a person of interest in the false reporting of a bomb. An arrest may be forthcoming. (For arrests reported by…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Justin K. Benefield, and Gabriella Rushing Benefield, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for RBC Bank (USA), on the 5th day of May, 2010, said mortgage recorded in…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN WATSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration on said deceased having been granted to Randall L. Williams on the 19th day of June, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF FRANCES A. WILLIAMS, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of June, 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Billy Turner and Amy Turner, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for American Pioneer Financial Services, Inc., on the 6th day of November, 2002, said mortgage recorded in…